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Posts tagged with 'Disneyland' at MetaFilter.Tue, 30 Aug 2016 07:13:01 -0800Tue, 30 Aug 2016 07:13:01 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60The Awkward Transitions of Disneylandhttp://www.metafilter.com/161949/The%2DAwkward%2DTransitions%2Dof%2DDisneyland
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<blockquote>"Even the most perfect reproduction of a work of art is lacking in one element: its presence in time and space, its unique existence at the place where it happens to be. This unique existence of the work of art determined the history to which it was subject throughout the time of its existence." Walter Benjamin, <em>Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction</em></blockquote>
<a href="http://passport2dreams.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/the-awkward-transitions-of-disneyland.html">This is our point of entry today</a>: to take old chestnuts and try to crack them to see what pops out. Our subject is Disneyland. Our topic: <em>charm</em>.
</blockquote> <a href="http://www.imaginerding.com/2007/11/12/meet-our-neighbor-foxxfur-chapter-one/">FoxxFur</a>, a former <a href="http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Cast_member">cast member</a> who writes about <a href="http://passport2dreams.blogspot.co.uk/">the design of Disney's parks</a>, considers <a href="http://passport2dreams.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/the-awkward-transitions-of-disneyland.html">the minutia of Disneyland's transitions</a>.
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I was contemplating all of these things last week while in Disneyland doing nothing in particular, searching for the word that describes that special something. As Benjamin states, what is the ineffable, vaporous stuff that Disneyland has and the Magic Kingdom lacks - the "unique existence at the place where it happens to be"? The word I hit on was naive. I don't mean it in a negative way - I mean it in a way more closely resembling the original term for what we call folk art - naive art. It doesn't mean ignorant, it means something as it existed in it's pure, natural, untutored state.
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After watching the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TIklXtMDGk">on-ride video of POTC,</a> your first thought may have been the same as mine: <a href="http://www.coaster101.com/2016/05/17/secrets-behind-shanghai-disneylands-pirates-caribbean/">"How did they do that?"</a> tag:metafilter.com,2016:site.159898Wed, 25 May 2016 13:00:13 -0800roomthreeseventeenAmerican Experiencehttp://www.metafilter.com/153063/American%2DExperience
<a href="http://video.pbs.org/video/2365556519">Walt Disney</a> - "An unprecedented look at the life and legacy of one of America's most enduring and influential storytellers -- <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/walt-disney">Walt Disney</a>." tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.153063Wed, 16 Sep 2015 21:41:17 -0800kliulessWe try our best to forget it was "all started by a mouse."http://www.metafilter.com/152565/We%2Dtry%2Dour%2Dbest%2Dto%2Dforget%2Dit%2Dwas%2Dall%2Dstarted%2Dby%2Da%2Dmouse
<a href="http://disneylandcats.com/cat-profile-lucian/">Lucian hangs out next to Indiana Jones.</a> <a href="http://disneylandcats.com/cat-profile-buford/">Buford's favorite is Splash Mountain.</a> <a href="http://disneylandcats.com/cat-profile-bernice/">Bernice prefers California Adventure.</a> <a href="http://disneylandcats.com/">The Cats of Disneyland.</a> Also: <a href="http://uproxx.com/life/2015/08/revisit-disneyland/4/">In Defense Of Disneyland: Why It's Worth Revisiting As A Jaded Adult</a>
<em>Still, watching thousands of people head for the exits after the fireworks show and witnessing the situation not dissolve into madness makes me marvel, every time.</em>
Previously: <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/95976/A-Special-Salivacleaning-Solution">A Special Saliva-Cleaning Solution.</a>
<small>I worked at Disneyland for two years in the late 80s. I saw cats all the time, but never during the day, and they never had <em>names</em>.</small> tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.152565Sun, 30 Aug 2015 13:36:59 -0800Cool Papa BellWith Muppets, It's NOT Dismalandhttp://www.metafilter.com/152464/With%2DMuppets%2DIts%2DNOT%2DDismaland
Of course, Disney is the media master of cross-property promotion. And there are a LOT of Muppet videos popping onto YouTube in preparation for their new fall series (on Disney-owned ABC). So this was natural (if not inevitable): <strong>MUPPETS DOING DRAMATIC READINGS OF THE LYRICS OF DISNEYLAND ATTRACTION SONGS.</strong><br>
First was <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c7vKzj3ZFM">Bunsen and Beaker with "A Pirate's Life For Me."</a>(maybe TOO dramatic)<br>
Then <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SQgOkbo99A">Floyd and Animal of the Electric Mayhem with "It's A Small World."</a> (what could go wrong?)<br>
And most recently, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPMTEJ_IAAU">Rowlf with "Grim Grinning Ghosts" from The Haunted Mansion.</a> (solo, but not quite) <small>I could've waited longer to post this - the Enchanted Tiki Room song is inevitable, probably with Gonzo - but Rowlf is MY MUPPET MAN, and this is National Dog Day. Good dog.</small> tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.152464Wed, 26 Aug 2015 15:41:33 -0800oneswellfoopBlaine Gibson, sculptor and Disney Legend, dead at 97http://www.metafilter.com/151029/Blaine%2DGibson%2Dsculptor%2Dand%2DDisney%2DLegend%2Ddead%2Dat%2D97
If you've ever visited a Disney theme park, you likely saw the work of <a href="https://d23.com/remembering-blaine-gibson/">Blaine Gibson</a>. <a href="http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/blaine-gibson-designer-of-lifelike-robots-at-disney-pa-1716008151">Gibson died earlier this month at the age of 97.</a> He joined the Walt Disney Company in 1939 as an assistant animator, but began learning sculpture on his own time. In 1961, Walt Disney asked him to join WED enterprises (now Imagineering). Gibson went on to design audio-animatronics for Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion, Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room, it's a small world and the American Adventure at Epcot.
For the 1964 New York World's Fair, Gibson designed the Abraham Lincoln audio-animatronic for <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH0SrfGZiXI">Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln</a> (Gibson appears at :30) He either sculpted or directed the sculpture of every president in Disney's Hall of Presidents up until George W. Bush.
Gibson officially retired from Disney in 1983, but continued to consult on projects. In 1993, Gibson created the <a href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2013/06/five-fun-facts-about-the-partners-statue-at-magic-kingdom-park/">Partners Statue</a> of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse holding hands. The statue was created for Disneyland. Later, the statue was also placed at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom and other Disney parks around the world. And in 1999 at the age of 81, he created <a href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/03/sharing-the-magic-at-walt-disney-world/">Sharing the Magic</a>, a statue of Roy Disney and Minnie Mouse sharing a park bench, for Walt Disney World.
As is Disney Parks tradition, Gibson was honored for his many contributions to the theme parks by having his name <a href="http://www.ocregister.com/articles/disney-670361-walt-sculpted.html"> featured on a Main Street window</a> in Disneyland. tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.151029Tue, 07 Jul 2015 11:16:18 -0800kimberussell"one of the strictest school vaccination laws in the country"http://www.metafilter.com/150855/one%2Dof%2Dthe%2Dstrictest%2Dschool%2Dvaccination%2Dlaws%2Din%2Dthe%2Dcountry
<a href="http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-ln-governor-signs-tough-new-vaccination-law-20150630-story.html">California Gov. Jerry Brown signs new vaccination law, one of nation's toughest</a> "The bill, one of the most controversial measures before the Legislature this year, was introduced because of concern about low vaccination rates in some communities and an outbreak of measles at Disneyland that ultimately infected more than 150 people." (<em>LA Times</em>) <a href="http://time.com/3941832/jerry-brown-signs-vaccine-law/">Time Magazine's coverage</a>: <i>"Parents who decline to vaccinate their children for personal or religious reasons will have to home-school them or send them to a public independent study program off school grounds."</i>
From <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/experts-california-vaccine-bill-prevent-outbreaks-081559787.html">Yahoo! News</a>:
<blockquote>"The bill has proved contentious, with thousands of parents calling representatives and protesting at the Capitol. One state senator said pushback has been so fierce that he briefly closed his district office out of concerns for his staff's safety. Amid this intensity, the bill passed through four legislative committees and survived votes in both houses. The Senate on Monday approved amendments to the bill, and the governor signed it less than 24 hours later."</blockquote>
The high-profile social media <a href="https://twitter.com/JimCarrey/status/616049450243338240">backlash</a> has begun.
Previously: <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/146357/Mickey-has-the-measles">Mickey had the measles</a> tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.150855Tue, 30 Jun 2015 20:06:15 -0800joseph conrad is fully awesome60 yearshttp://www.metafilter.com/149865/60%2Dyears
In honor of its <a href="https://disneyland.disney.go.com/events-tours/60-years-diamond-anniversary-celebration/">60th anniversary</a>, Disneyland presents <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWba4QTcrqI">"Disneyland Forever"</a>, the new <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK38wHBNOJM">"World of Color"</a> and the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIEDfiLLzlQ">Paint the Night Nighttime Electrical Parade.</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuzrZET-3Ew">Disneyland, opening day 1955</a> (Complete ABC Broadcast) tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.149865Fri, 22 May 2015 16:09:27 -0800roomthreeseventeenWelcome... To the world of tomorrow!http://www.metafilter.com/149835/Welcome%2DTo%2Dthe%2Dworld%2Dof%2Dtomorrow
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/may/21/tomorrowland-disney-strange-utopia-shaped-world-tomorrow">Tomorrowland: how Walt Disney's strange utopia shaped the world of tomorrow</a> - cryogenically frozen head <a href="http://www.snopes.com/disney/info/wd-ice.htm">not included</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.149835Thu, 21 May 2015 19:45:47 -0800ArtwMickey has the measleshttp://www.metafilter.com/146357/Mickey%2Dhas%2Dthe%2Dmeasles
At least <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/22/us/measles-cases-linked-to-disneyland-rise-and-debate-over-vaccinations-intensifies.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news">67 cases of the measles</a> have been reported in the last month, largely stemming from an outbreak that began at <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/22/7870705/measles-outbreak-california-disneyland-vaccine-deniers">Disneyland</a> in mid-December. Although largely considered to have been eradicated in the United States in 2000, this <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/tarahaelle/2015/01/20/five-things-to-know-about-the-disneyland-measles-outbreak/">latest outbreak</a> follows the 400 cases <a href="http://www.odh.ohio.gov/features/odhfeatures/Measles%202014.aspx">reported last year in Ohio.</a> At least <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/20/health/disneyland-measles/">five Disneyland employees</a> have reported contracting the measles, and <a href="http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-disneyland-measles-outbreak-20150121-story.html">all resort workers who could have been in contact with those five have been asked to provide vaccination record.</a> Schools in Southern California are asking<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/disneyland-measles-outbreak-prompts-warning-high-school-192035862.html"> unvaccinated students to stay hom</a>e for two weeks.
<a href="http://www.sfgate.com/health/article/Disneyland-measles-outbreak-spreads-to-Bay-Area-6031212.php">Of the 59 cases reported in California, public health officials were able to get the vaccination status of 34 people — 28 of them had not been vaccinated, including six infants who were too young to get the first shot.</a>
<a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/have-you-had-your-measles-shot-maybe-you-need-another-n290786">Infectious disease experts estimate that as many as one in 10 of those who were immunized against measles, mumps and rubella do need a booster shot. In the United States, the current recommended measles regimen is to give children a first dose of vaccine at 12 to 15 months of age, and a second dose at 4 to 6 years of age. But that wasn't the case in the 1960s, 1970s and during much of the 1980s.</a>
According to a <a href="http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/gca?submit=Get+All+Checked+Abstracts&gca=pediatrics%3Bpeds.2014-2715v1">study</a> published this week in <em>Pediatrics</em>, geographic clusters are often responsible for under immunized communities. tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.146357Thu, 22 Jan 2015 07:22:00 -0800roomthreeseventeenDisneyland time-lapppppsehttp://www.metafilter.com/145861/Disneyland%2Dtime%2Dlapppppse
<a href="https://vimeo.com/66288274">An entire day in Disneyland, compressed to 90 seconds</a> using composites of over 20,000 images taken in time-lapse. Kind of amazing day to night transitions, immense crowds, and nice slow pans across the landscapes show a familiar place in a whole new light. tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.145861Mon, 05 Jan 2015 07:31:16 -0800mathowieFan Art Friday: Disney's The Haunted Mansionhttp://www.metafilter.com/145820/Fan%2DArt%2DFriday%2DDisneys%2DThe%2DHaunted%2DMansion
<a href="http://www.nerdist.com/2015/01/fan-art-friday-12-haunted-mansion/">"Disney's Haunted Mansion has a devoted fan following. I get it. It's a classic attraction</a> packed with beautiful artwork, memorable and creepy characters, and grand rooms with tons to look at. Even though I've gone on the ride dozens of times at Disneyland, I still come across new things. The ride is deserving of piles of fan art so I've gathered not quite 999 spooktacular examples from around the web. From Ghost Hosts, to Hitchhiking Ghosts, to Madame Leota &ndash; it's all right here. Ignore the hot and cold running chills and browse the below gallery." Amy Ratcliffe <a href="http://www.nerdist.com/2015/01/fan-art-friday-12-haunted-mansion/">shares</a> Disney's <a href="http://www.yesterland.com/frightened.html">Haunted Mansion</a> fan art at <i>Nerdist</i>.
Part of a series at <i>Nerdist</i> on <a href="http://www.nerdist.com/tag/fan-art/">fan art</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.145820Sat, 03 Jan 2015 10:53:01 -0800joseph conrad is fully awesome'the way you remember it...'http://www.metafilter.com/143148/the%2Dway%2Dyou%2Dremember%2Dit
<a href="http://vintagedisneyparks.tumblr.com/">Vintage Disney Parks</a> <a href="http://www.imagineeringdisney.com/">Imagineering Disney</a>: <a href="http://www.imagineeringdisney.com/vintage-photos/">Vintage Photos</a>
<a href="https://www.retrodisneyworld.com/">Retro Disney World</a>
<a href="http://www.yesterland.com/">Yesterland, featuring discontinued Disneyland attractions</a>, <a href="https://www.metafilter.com/113889/Disney-Parks-Past-and-Present">previously</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.143148Sun, 28 Sep 2014 20:07:50 -0800the man of twists and turnsfood IS a theme parkhttp://www.metafilter.com/142765/food%2DIS%2Da%2Dtheme%2Dpark
<a href="http://www.disneyfoodblog.com/">The Disney Food Blog</a> offers in-depth news, reviews, and information about food and restaurants in Disney's parks, resorts, and cruise ships, along with reviews and photographs of and about anything food-related in Disney parks, resorts, movies, and events. Disney food <a href="http://www.disneyfoodblog.com/disney-dining-references/">FAQs</a>. Disney food <a href="http://www.disneyfoodblog.com/disney-food-news-pin-board/">news</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.142765Mon, 15 Sep 2014 15:11:19 -0800Room 641-AAn honest open discourse concerning this silly love of Disneyhttp://www.metafilter.com/141011/An%2Dhonest%2Dopen%2Ddiscourse%2Dconcerning%2Dthis%2Dsilly%2Dlove%2Dof%2DDisney
<a href="http://www.disneyhipsters.com/2014/06/why-disney-hipsters.html">"I mean, seriously we're adorable. How could we have a blog that didn't feature us up front and center? ;)"</a> Meet <a href="http://www.disneyhipsters.com/2014/07/do-you-have-photo-spot-tradition.html">Adam and Andrew</a>. They blog about the aesthetics of Disney. Those little details that are found in all aspects of Disney parks (and related materials): <a href="http://www.disneyhipsters.com/2014/06/the-other-norway-restroom-signs.html">bathroom signs</a>, <a href="http://www.disneyhipsters.com/2013/09/amazing-mural-at-yak-yeti-bathrooms.html">murals</a> (bathrooms again), vintage <a href="http://www.disneyhipsters.com/2014/07/simple-vintage-dumbo-illustrations.html">Dumbo book illustrations</a>, <a href="http://www.disneyhipsters.com/2014/07/shake-to-randomize-epcots-uk.html">Epcot's UK</a> (part of their <a href="http://www.disneyhipsters.com/search/label/shake%20to%20randomize">Shake to Randomize</a> series), <a href="http://www.disneyhipsters.com/2014/04/theming-at-animal-kingdoms-serka-zong.html">Theming At Animal Kingdom's Serka Zong Bazaar</a>, and <a href="http://www.disneyhipsters.com/2014/04/six-things-i-dont-hate-about-italy.html">Six Things I DON'T Hate About The Italy Pavilion At Epcot</a>. (In fact <a href="http://www.disneyhipsters.com/2012_06_01_archive.html">The whole month of June 2012</a> is a treasure.) There's also a <a href="http://disneyhipsters.podbean.com/">podcast</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.141011Wed, 16 Jul 2014 21:40:44 -0800joseph conrad is fully awesome15 potential headquarters for the Illuminati: theories and conspiracieshttp://www.metafilter.com/139387/15%2Dpotential%2Dheadquarters%2Dfor%2Dthe%2DIlluminati%2Dtheories%2Dand%2Dconspiracies
<a href="http://www.complex.com/city-guide/2013/04/potential-illuminati-headquarters-around-the-world/">The Complex City Guide has a bit of information on 15 possible headquarters for the Illuminati</a>, but it's a slideshow with limited information, and there's a lot of information out there, so let's get into it. 15. Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, Florida - for more on this, read <a href="http://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/hardtruth/the_disney_bloodlinept1.htm">The Disney Bloodline</a>, which includes among other things, an extensive break-down about how <em>Fantasia</em> is used as "a standard programming tool." Really, <a href="http://www.assatashakur.org/forum/florida/12220-keep-your-children-out-disneyland-alone.html">the whole Disney empire is suspect</a>, what with the <a href="http://disneylynn.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/underground-city-in-walt-disney-world/">underground tunnels</a> with <a href="http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2013/06/disneylands-secret-underground-tunnels-and-mind-control-are-brittney-spears-paris-hilton-and-madonna-part-of-mind-control-cult-2695872.html">human programming rooms</a>.
14. Salt Lake LDS Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah - <a href="http://www.utlm.org/onlineresources/masonicsymbolsandtheldstemple.htm">there's a lot of symbolism that can be tied to the Illuminati</a>, but this isn't so much a hidden truth as it is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormonism_and_Freemasonry">related to the life of Mormon founder Joseph Smith, Jr., as his older brother and possibly his father were Freemasons</a>.
13. Statue of Liberty, New York City - the initial post is just tying the sculptor, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Auguste_Bartholdi">Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi</a>, to the Freemasons, but <a href="http://www.mibba.com/Articles/History/4076/The-Statue-of-Liberty-and-the-Illuminati/">it goes deeper than that</a>. See more: <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Meltzer's_Decoded">Brad Meltzer's Decoded</a> - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c3Tq9Yb79I">Statue of Liberty</a></em>
12. Big Ben, London - it all comes down to <a href="http://johnthewitness.wordpress.com/2012/08/10/evidence-the-london-false-flag-terrorist-attacks-will-happen-on-august-12th-812/">2012 Olympics "false flag" attacks focused on Big Ben</a>, which seems like an odd reason to make the location an Illuminati HQ. Anyway, <a href="http://www.nwotoday.com/today/the-powers-behind-the-global-empire">The City of London is the hub for international control of economics</a>, one of <a href="http://beforeitsnews.com/politics/2013/05/the-3-city-states-that-control-the-whole-world-2-2517308.html">three City State corporations</a>, the <a href="http://www.shiftfrequency.com/empire-of-the-city-states-the-crown-washington-dc-the-vatican/">others being Washington DC (military headquarters) and Vatican City (religion)</a>.
11. Eiffel Tower, Paris, France - <a href="http://holyspiritvictorious4ever.blogspot.com/2010/06/hidden-666-found-in-eiffel-towers.html">Complex cites a blogpost that ties together a lot of random ideas</a> but <a href="http://www.cuttingedge.org/News/n1857.cfm">other sources tie it and Big Ben to the <em>Old</em> World Order</a>. Then again, <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/uempe/3720579981/">the Eiffel Tower is something of an obelisk</a>, <a href="http://www.illuminatirex.com/illuminati-symbols/">one of the major Illuminati symbols</a>.
10. <a href="http://www.clubzone.com/c/67229/illuminati-nightclub-chicago-chicago">Illuminati Night Club</a>, Chicago, Illinois - Of course, the easiest way to hide a huge, international secret organization is to <a href="http://happyplace.someecards.com/facebook/guy-on-facebook-confuses-illuminate-fridays-dj-night-at-club-with-illuminati-global-secret-society/">hide in plain sight</a>, and maybe <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/illuminati-chicago">have less than stellar reviews</a> to keep your secret headquarters from getting too crowded with non-members.
9. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roc_Nation">Roc Nation</a> <a href="https://foursquare.com/v/roc-nation/4a2ea755f964a5202f981fe3">Headquarters</a>, New York City - <a href="http://necolebitchie.com/2010/01/jay-z-speaks-on-the-illuminati-and-his-religious-beliefs/">Jay-Z might say he's not in a secret society, and that they don't really exist</a>, and <a href="http://flavorwire.com/newswire/jay-z-addresses-the-illuminati-rumors-again">there's that line from <em>Magna Carta Holy Grail</em>, but what about the name Ivy Blue?</a> And how can you <a href="http://www.complex.com/music/2010/01/its-a-c-o-n-spiracy-10-clues-jay-z-is-in-the-illuminati/view-all">deny these 10 clues that Jay-Z is involved with something bigger?</a> So <a href="http://www.rhymeswithsnitch.com/2011/02/roc-nations-latest-acquisition.html">his Roc Nation HQ in NYC is a likely location for Illuminati organization</a>.
8. The Pentagon, Washington, D.C. - <a href="http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/False%20Religions/Illuminati/dc.htm">One of a number of "satanic occult symbols" in Washington, D.C.</a>, one of the three City State Corporations. But it was <a href="http://www.washingtondcschamberofsecrets.com/the-masonic-connection.html">the construction of the Pentagon that conferred</a> the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Rite#Degree_Structure_in_the_United_States_and_Canada">33 degree</a> status of Washington DC and therefore the United States.
7. The White House, Washington, D.C. - <a href="http://holyspiritvictorious4ever.blogspot.com/2010/01/masonic-white-house-links-hell-to-great.html">Central to Washington , D.C. , is the White House. The seat of power , the throne of the Mason King of the Novo Ordo Seclorum. The New Secular Order...crafted by masonic rebels turned new government leaders in the 1700s</a>.
6. Area 51, outside of Las Vegas, Nevada - everyone talks about the aliens and their spaceships there, but what if <a href="http://the-complete-truth.blogspot.com/2012/09/ufo-aliens-are-illuminati-deception-do.html">UFOs and aliens are just Illuminati deceptions</a>, and <a href="http://elvistruth.wordpress.com/2008/08/16/an-anniversary-and-a-new-development/">Elvis Presley was murdered by Freemasons, and shortly thereafter resurrected by the Illuminati in Area 51 to eventually become the shadow leader of the world's largest conspiracy</a>?
5. The Vatican, Vatican City - <a href="http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/vatican/esp_vatican23.htm">there are stories of secret Vatican catacombs, child sacrifices, and mind control</a> as part of the Illuminati rituals. But the Vatican wasn't always a focal point for the Illuminati. In fact, there was a <a href="http://www.cuttingedge.org/News/n2244.cfm">200-Year battle between the Catholic Jesuit Order and the Illuminati</a>, coming to a head with the coronation of Pope Paul VI in 1963.
4. The City of Sandusky, Ohio - <a href="http://www.bofads.com/stories/sanduskyilluminati.htm">the Illuminati seal can be seen in the street layout</a>, and the town history includes an influx of German and Irish stonecutters including ... <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasonry">Freemasons</a>. And some notes on UFO activity.
3. Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - <a href="http://www.masonicworld.com/education/files/apr02/include/masonic%20sites%20in%20philadelphia.htm">one of a number of Masonic sites in Philadelphia</a>, and <a href="http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1915302/pg1">possibly (but probably not) the location foretold in the Combined Disasters Illuminati Card</a>.*
2. Underneath Brooklyn, New York - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_World"><em>The Secret World</em> MMO</a> claims that <a href="http://secretworld.wikia.com/wiki/Illuminati">the Illuminati's corporate headquaters are a labyrinth in an undisclosed location beneath Brooklyn</a>, but the Internet Illuminati Watchers don't have much else. Oh, <a href="http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/scandals/106780/1/How-Was-Hitler-Connected-to-Brooklyn-N-Y-Illuminati-Manipulation#.U4Nyo3JdVIE">Hitler and the Nazi Illuminati might have some ties to Brooklyn aboveground</a>.
1. Denver International Airport (DIA), Denver, Colorado - <a href="http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4194">There are a great number of (debunkable) theories</a> about <a href="http://nymag.com/news/features/conspiracy-theories/denver-airport-bunker/">the facility design and symbols in the new mega-airport</a>, built in 1995 to replace the old <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stapleton_International_Airport">Stapleton International Airport</a>. The mother lode of conspiracy sites dedicated to DIA is <a href="http://diaconspiracyfiles.com/">The DIA Conspiracy files</a>, proclaiming to be "An index of the theories surrounding the world's most sinister airport."
Of course, these are just a few of <a href="http://www.globaltruth.net/ModerIlluminatarchitecture.html">the many examples of modern Illuminati architecture</a> which might house the Illuminati headquarters.
* <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati_(game)">The Illuminati card game</a> is seen by some as <a href="http://thecomingepiphany.com/BookArticles/Cardgame.html">foretelling of the end times and the rise of the Illuminati</a>, or at least <a href="http://rense.com/general95/illum.htm">forthcoming plans from the Illuminati, including the 9/11 attacks</a>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIE1LmA3puk">the CIA contacted Steve Jackson about a 9/11 document</a> (that his employee hosted on a BBS). tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.139387Mon, 26 May 2014 13:52:19 -0800filthy light thief"I've been coasting on 'great idea' costumes for the last ten years."http://www.metafilter.com/133186/Ive%2Dbeen%2Dcoasting%2Don%2Dgreat%2Didea%2Dcostumes%2Dfor%2Dthe%2Dlast%2Dten%2Dyears
<a href="http://cockeyed.com/body.html">Rob Cockerham</a> (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/user/10939">MeFi's own!</a>) is quite the mad genius when it comes to making <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/86944/Cockeyed-gets-its-costume-on">Halloween costumes</a>. This year's offering, perhaps inspired by his <a href="http://cockeyed.com/travel/disneyland_2013/disneyland_intro.html">vacation</a> in April, is his most complexly detailed <a href="http://youtu.be/pYNhy9QYjLM">masterpiece</a> yet. Presenting: the making of <a href="http://cockeyed.com/incredible/disneyland_costume/disneyland_costume.html">The Happiest Costume On Earth</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.133186Fri, 25 Oct 2013 01:14:06 -0800radwolf76Guest Assistancehttp://www.metafilter.com/132261/Guest%2DAssistance
Following a <a href="http://nypost.com/2013/05/14/rich-manhattan-moms-hire-handicapped-tour-guides-so-kids-can-cut-lines-at-disney-world/">media report</a> (and subsequent <a href="http://www.wdwinfo.com/news/disneyland/Disney_to_Begin_a_Review_of_Guest_Assistance_Card_Abuse.htm">investigation</a>) last May that wealthy guests of Disneyland and the Walt Disney World resort were abusing the <a href="http://www.diz-abled.com/Disney-Resources/Articles/Disney-Guest-Assistance-Cards.htm">Guest Assistance Card</a> system, Disney announced this week that it will replace the card with a new <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/23/disney-disability-access-service-card_n_3976765.html">Disability Access Service Card</a>, beginning <a href="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/os-disney-disabled-guests-20130923,0,7640208.story">October 9th.</a> <a href="http://www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/201309/3666/">Under the new rules</a>, visitors with disabilities that preclude their use of the traditional lines for attractions will get Fastpass-like return times for those rides, but only for one ride at a time. A guest with a qualifying disability will need to present a DAS pass, which include his or her photo, to get admitted at that return time. If a DAS user doesn't ride, no one in his or her party will be admitted to the attraction. The card will now need to be renewed every day of the visit.
Some families, including those with children with <a href="http://www.autismkey.com/disney-changes-guest-assistance-card/">autism</a> and other<a href="http://www.specialneedstravelmom.com/disneyland/disneys-new-disability-policy-goodbye-guest-assistance-card/"> special needs</a>, are<a href="http://www.travelerstoday.com/articles/7425/20130923/disabled-visitors-will-longer-skip-lines-disney-parks-due-fakers.htm"> not happy.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.132261Tue, 24 Sep 2013 09:50:18 -0800roomthreeseventeenDisney Vocehttp://www.metafilter.com/129870/Disney%2DVoce
<em>This is a video I've wanted to dish for years--a video that contextualizes Disneyland within the political and cultural events of the early 1950s. "<a href="http://www.disneyhistoryinstitute.com/2013/07/disneyland-voce-1955.html">Disneyland Voce</a>" is distilled down from a dozen home movies, all shot in 1955, during the first five months that Disneyland was open to the public. Here's one reason I love home movies: they reveal the vacation experience as taken by the average guest. Disney has produced reels of film documenting the park during its early years (most notably "Disneyland U.S.A." in 1956 and "Gala Day at Disneyland" in 1959), but professional footage presents the park under ideal conditions. Home movies lay down the scenery as a typical guest would have experienced it. If you've ever wondered what it was like to visit Disneyland when it first opened, buckle into your DeLorean and hit the play button on YouTube.</em> <small>Note: The first 50 seconds of music almost made me close the video, but won me over by the end.</small> tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.129870Wed, 10 Jul 2013 16:10:23 -0800mudpuppieWhen Nikita met Marilynhttp://www.metafilter.com/125178/When%2DNikita%2Dmet%2DMarilyn
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnkhDANo5rY">Khrushchev Tours America</a> - His <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yho1Eydh1mM">shoe banging incident</a> at the UN and the the <a href="http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/110721-1">Kitchen Debates with Nixon</a> are well known but less attention has been given to <a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Nikita-in-Hollywood.html">the time Nikita Khrushchev went to Hollywood</a>. He met Marilyn Monroe and other film luminaries but he was <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/85197/KEY-Y-Because-We-Will-Bury-You">denied a trip to Disneyland</a> <small>(previously)</small>. More:
<a href="http://kcmeesha.com/2010/12/05/old-photos-khrushchevs-trip-to-america/">Photos from the trip</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQAqkhb82js">Nikita Khrushchev: Between black &amp; white</a> - interesting biog video
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tckRrPsUXc">President Kennedy and Khrushchev</a> - silent footage tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.125178Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:01:12 -0800madamjujujiveI Am Not A Mousehttp://www.metafilter.com/124044/I%2DAm%2DNot%2DA%2DMouse
"<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2187884/">Escape From Tomorrow</a>" is <a href="http://filmguide.sundance.org/film/13030/escape_from_tomorrow">playing</a> at the <a href="https://www.sundance.org/festival/">Sundance 2013 Film Festival</a>. The black and white movie describes one family man's mental disintegration over a day at Disney's Orlando park. Randy Moore directed the film on-site without the knowledge of Disney. Reviews are <a href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/sundance-review-escape-from-tomorrow-is-a-surreal-indictment-of-disneyfied-society-that-disney-will-never-let-you-see">generally good</a>, with comparisons to The Truman Show and Eraserhead, though people who have seen it <a href="http://www.hitfix.com/motion-captured/review-escape-from-tomorrow-is-a-surrealist-treat-that-will-give-disneys-lawyers-nightmares"> wonder how this will play out legally</a>. <a href="http://filmmakermagazine.com/63499-the-outlaw-pleasures-of-escape-from-tomorrow/">Filmmaker Magazine</a>: "The film is like a bad acid trip version of National Lampoon's Vacation, but with Wally World substituted by the real thing."
<a href="http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/19/disney-world-horror-fantasy-raises-knotty-copyright-issues/">New York Times</a> (spoilers): "There is a gruesome vomiting scene, a creepy obese guy on a motorized scooter and a sequence at Disney's Epcot theme park where Mr. Abramsohn's character gets Tasered in the crotch. He is then taken to a secret room underneath Epcot's Spaceship Earth sphere — referred to in the film as "the giant testicle" — and brainwashed. Ultimately, he suffers a bloody death at Disney's Contemporary Resort."
<a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-sundance-2013-escape-from-tomorrow-disneyland-randy-moore-release-20130118,0,4296.story">LA Times</a>: "To make the movie, Moore wouldn't print out script pages or shot sequences for the 25 days he was filming on Disney turf, instead keeping all the info on iPhones. This way, when actors and crew were looking down between takes, passersby just thought they were glancing at their messages."
The <a href="http://filmmakermagazine.com/63249-five-questions-with-escape-from-tomorrow-director-randy-moore/">director on filming</a>: "So it wasn't like we weren't prepared, but the whole thing was still extremely distressing as we basically lived the movie with the actors. At one point, I even made the camera department shave off their facial hair and dress in tourist attire, which almost provoked a mutiny."
A <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NFPQfdlDZY">clip</a> from the movie, the <a href="http://filmmusicreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/escapefromtomorrow.jpg">movie poster</a>, and an associated <a href="https://twitter.com/EscapeTomorrow">twitter account</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.124044Sun, 20 Jan 2013 02:10:30 -0800WordshoreCar-toons, with the emphasis on 'Car'http://www.metafilter.com/123947/Cartoons%2Dwith%2Dthe%2Demphasis%2Don%2DCar
Cartoon Brew's animation historian Amid Amidi posted <a href="http://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-modern/modern-car-toons-a-look-at-cars-in-mid-century-animation-75727.html">an <em>almost</em>-definitive collection of Automobile-themed cartoons from the 1950s and 1960s</a>. Amid's list (all of which are also embedded in the first link):
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUm6GfUzVZU">Motor Mania, 1950 (6:40)</a>, in which Disney's Goofy is at his most out-of-character as a mild-mannered pedestrian who becomes an anti-social demon behind the wheel. Typical driver?
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bBpDNRP5qQ">Car of Tomorrow, 1951 (6:21)</a>, a Tex Avery <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/85816/Tex-Avery-a-Documentary">(previously here)</a> collection of over 50 rapid-fire gags (which would be recycled elsewhere for years to come). Not futuristic, it's more about catering to car buyers' perceived desires of the time. Warning: lots of 1950's stereotypes, racial and gender.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRxPTKoC93E">There Auto Be A Law, 1953 (6:51)</a>, gags about cars and driving from Looney Tunes' Robert McKimson, with lots of car crashes and a couple odd running jokes. Mildly amusing at best.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7Ve-JSoK2c">Four Wheels No Brakes, 1955 (6:43)</a>, less about cars, more about "Pete Hothead", UPA's attempt to establish an ongoing character other than Mr. Magoo (who we'll see later).
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDIA7KAjQY8">The Jaywalker, 1956 (6:39)</a>, dangerous pedestrian behavior as obsession in a more stylized UPA cartoon from Bobe Cannon and T. Hee.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0q_oP9TPD4#!">Magic Highway USA, 1958 (48:17)</a>, a full episode of Disneyland/Wonderful World of Color, directed by Ward Kimball (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/117997/Too-Tall-Too-Short-Too-Confusing-Too-Revealing-Too-Controversial-and-Too-Realistic-Mickey">previously here</a>) and sponsored by the Portland Cement Association is a mix of live-action and animation that is more about roads than cars (and mostly cheerleading "the freedom of the American Highway"). Animated Segments: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0q_oP9TPD4#!&t=3m33s">American Roads Before the Auto (3:30)</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0q_oP9TPD4#!&t=34m49s">Tongue-in-Cheek Ideas for Improving Cars &amp; Highways (3:50)</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0q_oP9TPD4#!&t=39m01s">Ever-More-Futuristic Transportation Predictions (as of 1958) (8:45)</a>.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtDhbd5i6nQ">Automania 2000, 1963 (8:48)</a>, Halas &amp; Batchelor's tale of a utopian-turned-dystopian future where auto overpopulation changes everything.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19k33U7BtlE">Autókor, 1964 (9:34)</a>, a Hungarian production mixing photographs of cars (and other things) with cut-out animation for an abstract version of a car-driven lifestyle.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAAPjA_omzY">The Ever-Changing Motor Car, 1965 (10:35)</a>, made for Ford of Britain, a not-quite intellectual "Psychological Enquiry Into Motor Car Design and Fashion" featuring "Professor Siegfried Von Fraud" and many whimsical car designs Ford was <strong>not</strong> selling in the '60s.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39nkRH91ILQ">Mr. Rossi Buys a Car, 1966 (10:25)</a>, directed by Bruno Bozzetto (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/68084/Think-before-you-act">previously here</a>), in which one of the last pedestrians makes the transformation into driver and learns all the pitfalls of car ownership, ending up a little like Goofy in "Motor Mania" - some themes just keep recurring.
<a href="http://www.nfb.ca/film/what_on_earth">What on Earth, 1966 (9:35)</a>, from the Film Board of <strike>Canada</strike>Mars, showing what happens when explorers from another planet make their first aerial surveys of Earth and mistakenly conclude that the dominant species is the Automobile. One of my personal all-time favorite stand-alone cartoons.
But wait! Mr. Amidi missed a few other significant cartoons from the era...
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pxap-M_--k">"Susie the Little Blue Coupe", 1951 (8:15)</a>, the anthropomorphized autos in this Disney cartoon were an obvious inspiration for Pixar's "Cars".
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyJiA3BbKLo">"Magoo's Puddle Jumper", 1956 (6:20)</a>, the second Oscar-winning animated short for UPA's nearsighted Mr. Magoo finds him buying an 'electric car' and driving it straight off a pier and into an unwitting underwater adventure.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eih_adbw-iw">"Your Safety First", 1956 (12:38)</a>, produced for the Automobile Manufacturers Association, this year-2000 set toon (it's <strong>always</strong> the year 2000) features "future living" tropes years before The Jetsons (but no flying cars) segueing oddly into a self-congratulatory history lesson about cars and the carmakers' commitment to safety.
"Stop Driving Us Crazy (The Spy from Mars)", 1958, part <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9u7_rQnGNc">1 (4:56)</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxe5FKKZefI">2 (4:54)</a>. With an abstract/minimalist style and a story similar to "What on Earth?", an alien who resembles an automobile tries to blend in on earth, with messages of safe driving and spirituality from a National Safety Council/Methodist Church co-production. Quite an unusual mix.
Of course, the most iconic cartoon cars of the early '60s were George Jetson's flying vehicle (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhF4gu87rn0">Show Opening (:55)</a>) and Fred Flintstone's foot-powered roadster ("Fred's Second Car", part <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy-wMcD4w6E&t=0m58s">1 (12:24)</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7uTtCnkTK0">2 (12:06)</a>).
Gerry Anderson's first 'Supermarionation' production in 1961 featured the ultimate all-terrain "Supercar" (first episode, part <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Snh1b7h2sMA">1 (12:21)</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJkQD8gCP1E">2 (11:51)</a>).
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjZR7sWMSAo">"Freewayphobia or The Art of Driving the Super Highway", 1965 (15:34)</a>, has Disney's Goofy again, portraying three different "bad driver types" (Timidius, Fidgitus and Neglectus, all a little more like the ol' Goof than in "Motor Mania") in an obvious Driver's Ed film.
But in 1967-68, TV cartoons lost interest in the street and the highway and set all their auto-themed animation on racetracks, including the seminal anime "Speed Racer" (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sil3smlJ0lk">first episode (24:02)</a>), Hanna-Barbera's large-cast "Wacky Races" (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaDAHUU1S9w">first episode (10:53)</a>) and Jay Ward's satiric "Tom Swift" (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWG6n923MI4">first episode (6:31)</a>).
And it must be noted that some of the most popular cartoons set on a highway during those years featured no cars (and only an occasional big truck): Chuck Jones' (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/contribute/search.mefi?site=mefi&q=chuck+jones">previously here, a lot</a>) Road Runner and Coyote (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iWvedIhWjM">here's the classic 'painted tunnel' gag from the first Road Runner cartoon "Fast and Furry-ous"</a>).
Of course, there were cartoons depicting America's 'love affair with the automobile' long before 1950, as far back as 1916 for the short shorts based on Tom Powers comics "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn6-EwsSfPg">"Mr. Nobody Holme - He Buys a Jitney" (1:40)</a>" and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru95oTwrzy0">"Never Again! The Story of a Speeder Cop" (2:04)</a>.
1931 saw now-forgotten cartoon star <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zeiLfdGryI">Flip the Frog in "The New Car" (7:25)</a> and Fleischer Studios' sing-a-long advertisement (with a chaotic and somewhat racy intro) <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd3CE4s0xB8">"In My Merry Oldsmobile" (6:26)</a>.
In the late '30s, Chevrolet sponsored several cartoons in which one of its cars played a major, but usually non-sequitur, role, including 1938's wacky Magic Elf vs. Pirate tale <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivByO0WHhhA">"Nicky Nome <em>(their spelling)</em> in Peg Leg Pedro" (9:19)</a>.
And in 1939, Betty Boop ran an 'Auto Hospital' in the suggestively-titled <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-HgJ5YXBPc">"So Does An Automobile" (6:26)</a>.
Happy motoring! tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.123947Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:15:12 -0800oneswellfoopThose aren't the generic film franchises you're looking forhttp://www.metafilter.com/121406/Those%2Darent%2Dthe%2Dgeneric%2Dfilm%2Dfranchises%2Dyoure%2Dlooking%2Dfor
Disney has <a href="http://thenextweb.com/media/2012/10/30/disney-purchases-lucasfilm-including-the-star-wars-franchise-for-4-05b-in-cash-and-stock">purchased LucasFilm</a>, including the Star Wars movies, for a shade over four billion dollars in cash and stock. Also in the <a href="http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/disney-buying-star-wars-maker-lucasfilm-20121031-28if8.html">Sydney Morning Herald</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.121406Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:06:58 -0800WordshoreThe year of the Mousehttp://www.metafilter.com/120592/The%2Dyear%2Dof%2Dthe%2DMouse
<em>"So, okay, at $649, divide that by 366 visits, brings it down to a $1.77 a day," he said, showing me the results. "Or, if you turn that around, do 366 visits times $140 for Park Hopper and parking each day, it's $51,240." I agreed that an annual pass would be more economical for the <a href="http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/magazine/107239/guy-girl-and-366-straight-days-disneyland">366-day-a-year visitor</a>.</em> tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.120592Fri, 05 Oct 2012 08:51:20 -0800ChrysostomFantasyland delenda esthttp://www.metafilter.com/118029/Fantasyland%2Ddelenda%2Dest
<a href="http://www.quora.com/Military-Strategy/What-are-the-optimal-siege-tactics-for-taking-Magic-Kingdoms-Cinderella-Castle">Optimal siege tactics</a> for taking <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderella_Castle">Cinderella Castle</a> (<a href="http://www.neatorama.com/2012/07/18/what-are-the-optimal-siege-tactics-for-taking-the-disney-worlds-cinderella-castle/">via</a>) tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.118029Wed, 18 Jul 2012 11:51:25 -0800prize bull octorok